Safety jar-holder.



No. 7l2.355.- Patented Oct. 28, I902. W. W BLOSSOM.

SAFETY JAR HOLDER.

(Application filed Dec. 31. 1901.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIE W. BLOSSOM, SALUVIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

SAFETY JAR-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 712,355, dated October 28, 1902.

Application filed December 31, I901. Serial No. 87,937. (No model.

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIE W. BLossoM, a citizen of the United States, residing at Saluvia, in the county of Fulton, State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Safety Jar-Holders; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to holders for jars; and it has for its Object to provide a simple device of this nature which may be easily and quickly applied to and removed from a jar and with which the jar may be lifted or carried from place toplace without liability of slipping and without soiling or burning the hands of the person manipulating the device.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be understood from the following description.

In the drawings forming a portion of this specification, and in which like numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several views, Figure l is a perspective view, partly in section and showing the jar-holder. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the holder with a jar therein.

Referring now to the drawings, the present jar-holder consists of a single piece of wire bent and twisted into the desired shape and covered in part with rubber tubing to more effectively prevent slipping of the jar therefrom.

In the formation of the frame of the jar holder a single piece of wire is doubled upon itself to form two separate members and a connecting-bight, and these two members, shown at 5 and 6, are twisted together for a short distance. The members at that end of the twisted portion next to the bight are bent at a right angle to form the twisted leg 7 and the laterally-directed foot 8. At the upper end of the twisted leg7 the members 5 and 6 are bent outwardly in opposite directions to form the arcuate members or portions 9 and 10, which are somewhat less than semicircles, and at the free ends of the arcuate portions,

which lie in acommon plane at a right angle to the leg 7, the members are again bent in the directions of the continuations of the chords of the arcuate portions and are then returned upon themselves and twisted to form the twisted handles 11 and 12. At the inner ends of the handles the single wires are bent downwardly at right angles and para lel to form the legs 13 and 14, the extremities of which are bent at right angles in the direction of and in the same plane with the foot 8. After the formation of the twisted leg 7 the parts of the wire that are to form the areuatemembers are covered with sections 16 and 17 of rubber tubing, and after the formation of the legs 13 and 14 and their feet said legs and feet are also covered with rubber tubing. It will be thus noted that the handles and arcuate portions of the holder lie in a common plane, as do also the three feet, while the three legs are at right angles to said planes and parallel.

In the use of this holder itis engaged around or the jar is placed therein to rest or stand upon the feet and with the arcuate portions partly encircling the jar above the feet, when by grasping the handles they may be brought together to impinge the arcuate portions against the jar, the rubber coverings of the contacting portions of the holder preventing slipping.

In practice modifications of the specific construction shown may be made and any suitable material and proportions may be used without departing from the spirit of the invention.

What is claimed is- 1. A jar-holdercomprisingasingle wire bent upon itself to form two members and a connecting-bight, the members being bent into oppositely-springing arcs and being bent upon themselves at the freeends of the arcs and twisted to form handles, said members being bent downwardly at the inner ends of the handles to form legs, and the ends of the legs being bent toward each other to form feet.

2. A jar-holder comprising a single wire bent and twisted to form oppositely-springing members, a depending twisted leg at one end of the arcuate members, twisted and doubled In testimony whereof I aifix my signature handles at the outer ends of the arcuate memin presence of two witnesses. bers, and depending legs at the inner ends of the handles, the free ends of the legs being I WILLIE BLOSSOM 5 bent laterally to form feet, and the arcuate Witnesses:

members and the legs adjacent to the handles H. HELsEL,

having coverings of rubber. JAMES HELSEL. 

